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Comparative and International Law Studies

Comparative and International Law Studies is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the globalization of law, with a focus on comparative legal methodology, intersectionality in human rights, financialization, employment relationships, regulatory sanctions in financial markets, and the impact of globalization on legal education. It delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by the intersection of different legal systems in a globalized world.

  • Comparative Law
  • Globalization
  • Legal Methodology
  • Intersectionality
  • Financialization
  • Employment Relationship
  • Regulatory Sanctions
  • Human Rights
  • International Trade
  • Legal Education
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
18% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Comparative and International Law Studies

Which countries lead Comparative and International Law Studies research?

By volume, France and the Netherlands publish the most (186 and 162 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 186 works
  2. 2 Netherlands 162 works
  3. 3 United States 137 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 114 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 103 works
  6. 6 China 74 works
  7. 7 Poland 73 works
  8. 8 Germany 64 works
  9. 9 Italy 63 works
  10. 10 Australia 55 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

France: 18.0%Netherlands: 15.7%United States: 13.3%Indonesia: 11.1%6 others listed: 41.8%18%largest
France186 · 18.0%Netherlands162 · 15.7%United States137 · 13.3%Indonesia114 · 11.1%6 others listed432 · 41.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Comparative and International Law Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Comparative and International Law Studies research, followed by Université de Lyon and Leiden University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 30 works
  2. 2 Université de LyonFrance 23 works
  3. 3 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 13 works
  4. 4 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 13 works
  5. 5 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 12 works
  6. 6 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 12 works
  7. 7 Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 11 works
  8. 8 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 10 works
  9. 9 Université Paris NanterreFrance 10 works
  10. 10 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Comparative and International Law Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Comparative and International Law Studies include Andrei Shleifer, Michel Foucault and Andre Keren.

  1. 1 Andrei Shleifer United States 234k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Andre Keren Israel 140k citations
  4. 4 James G. Scott Australia 136k citations
  5. 5 L.M. Bouter Netherlands 126k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Comparative and International Law Studies?

The most cited paper in Comparative and International Law Studies is "Legitimation durch Verfahren?" (Erhard Blankenburg, 1995), with 922 citations. Next come "Decentring Regulation: Understanding the Role of Regulation and Self-Regulation in a 'Post-Regulatory' World" (849) and "Defining and Describing What We Do: Doctrinal Legal Research" (508).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Legitimation durch Verfahren? Erhard Blankenburg · Springer-Lehrbuch Book chapter 1995 922
2 Decentring Regulation: Understanding the Role of Regulation and Self-Regulation in a 'Post-Regulatory' World Julia Black · Current Legal Problems 2001 849
3 Defining and Describing What We Do: Doctrinal Legal Research Terry Hutchinson, Nigel James Duncan · Deakin Law Review Open access Oct 2012 508
4 A Guide to Critical Legal Studies David L. Gregory, Mark Kelman · Duke Law Journal Dec 1987 451
5 Using machine learning to predict decisions of the European Court of Human Rights Masha Medvedeva, Michel Vols, Martijn Wieling · Artificial Intelligence and Law Open access 26 Jun 2019 428
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Comparative and International Law Studies research done?

The largest centres of Comparative and International Law Studies research in 2022-now are Amsterdam (Netherlands), Paris (France), Utrecht (Netherlands) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Utrecht and Amsterdam.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AmsterdamNetherlands 35 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 34 works
  3. 3 UtrechtNetherlands 32 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 26 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 25 works
  6. 6 WarsawPoland 23 works
  7. 7 JakartaIndonesia 23 works
  8. 8 BudapestHungary 21 works
  9. 9 LeidenNetherlands 16 works
  10. 10 LyonFrance 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. UtrechtNL · 32.2 works18×
  2. AmsterdamNL · 35.2 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Comparative and International Law Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Comparative and International Law Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, European University Institute, Jagiellonian University and Université de Lyon score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 7.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jagiellonian Univers…European University …Leiden UniversityUniversité de Lyon
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1European University InstituteItaly 67.512.3%85.3×9 +45.5%
2Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 56.316.2%10.7×10 +11.3%
3Université de LyonFrance 54.71.1%25.1×23 +80.4%
4Leiden UniversityNetherlands 46.712.0%16.8×13 -43.4%
5Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 46.47.4%21.9×12 -46.8%
6Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 41.31.2%12.3×12 -51.7%
7Université Lille Nord de FranceFrance 39.67.2%18.6×11 +23.9%
8University of GroningenNetherlands 37.76.8%10.2×10 -42.6%
9Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 37.26.0%45.8×10 -22.3%
10Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 33.70.0%15.0×13 -46.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Comparative and International Law Studies, country by country

Is Comparative and International Law Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Comparative and International Law Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0063% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Comparative and International Law Studies0.0072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Comparative and International Law Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Comparative and International Law Studies10.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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